The People of Gaza Starved as US Built a Public Relations Ploy in the Form of a Pier

 Juan Cole

July 12, 2024

The Navy Times reports that the US aid pier at Gaza will be permanently decommissioned. The $270 million pier could not be reattached this week because of heavy seas.

 

U.S. and Israeli troops assemble the Trident Pier off the shore of the northern Gaza Strip on April 26, 2024. (Photo: U.S. Army Central Command)

The Folly of Empire and the Albatross of Debt

David Stockman

July 12, 2024

Like the case of Rome before it, Empire is bankrupting America. The true fiscal cost of the national security budget is now upwards of $1.3 trillion per year (counting veterans expense and international operations and aid), but there is no way to pay for it.

CBO Projects The Public Debt Will Reach $146 Trillion By Mid-Century